Hotel Flu Care

Treating A(H1N1) at a Hotel / Resort:

You may have A(H1N1) if you have an acute febrile illness with symptoms like cough, headache, body ache, sore throat & runny nose.
You may need to stay in your room until your swabs results are known.
The swabs are inserted into both nostrils & your throat. Your options are:

Refuse the swab. Assume you are infected with the A(H1N1) virus. However this may not be an option for you. Some hotels / resorts will want to know your status to facilitate their flu plan; and may even evict you.
Have the swabs.

What about those who are not symptomatic in your room?

Basic hygiene. Wear at least surgical quality masks. Hand washings. Minimal contacts.
Arranging separate rooms is probably the best option.
May choose to get A(H1N1) Flu vax.
Anti-flu medications may be prescribed to close contacts.

You can get seriously ill & even died if you also have underlying chronic illness like the followings:

Diabetes - can become unstable.
Chronic Airways Disease - can be exarcerbated requiring extra dosages of regular medications. Most will have secondary bacterial infections requiring antibiotics. Some will also get pneumonia.
Chronic Heart Problems - all can worsens & become more symptomatics.
Immunosuppressed patients - from those taking steroids for chronic asthma, arthritis etc , to those on supressants for organ transplants; HIV patients. All will be at risk for overwhelming secondary infections. Your Specialists may advise hospitalisation for closer monitoring.
The very youngs & the very elderlies. They are not ill but are very susceptible to complications.
Pregnancy